Sunjay Kapur property case: Rani Kapur moves Delhi HC seeking cancellation of family trust

In the ongoing inheritance dispute over late businessman Sunjay Kapur’s assets, his mother Rani Kapur on Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court seeking cancellation of the Rani Kapur Family Trust, which holds a stake in the automotive component manufacturer Sona Comstar.

The 80-year-old widow, has sought declaratory and consequential reliefs with respect to a Fraudulent Trust known as “RK Family Trust/Rani Kapur Family Trust” to the extent that such Trust is null and void and accordingly, should be cancelled. She has also sought to permanently restrain Priya Kapur from utilising, acting in furtherance of the RK Family Trust in any manner whatsoever and rendition of accounts of the RK Family Trust, from its inception, amongst other reliefs.

She is claiming to be the matriarch of the ‘Kapur Family’ which consists of her two daughters, her late son, and their respective children, i.e., the Rani’s 7 grandchildren.


The ongoing dispute was raised by actor Karisma Kapoor's children seeking a share in their late father Sunjay Kapur's Rs 30,000 crore assets.

The Supreme Court earlier asked the actor to file her objections to Priya Kapur's plea seeking details of her divorce proceedings with Sunjay Kapur in 2016.

Sunjay's third wife Priya has sought certified copies of pleadings, documents and orders of the divorce proceedings between Karisma and Sunjay so as to ascertain the financial and child custody arrangements made by her late former husband.

The late chairman of Sona Comstar was married to Priya at the time of his death on June 12 last year and had son Azarius with her. Sunjay died after a heart attack in the UK at the age of 53.

Priya senior counsel Maninder Singh said clarity on the divorce settlement was necessary to assess whether issues now being raised by Karisma's two children in the Delhi High Court were already addressed and resolved during Sunjay's lifetime.

In a closed chamber hearing, Justice AS Chandurkar said he will consider whether these confidential documents should be provided to Priya even as he asked the actor file her objections to the maintainability of the former's plea within two weeks.

Terming Priya's plea as "frivolous" and an attempt to access personal and confidential information, Karisma's counsel said Priya's plea was not maintainable as the consent terms and the divorce decree were already filed by Priya in another matter against Karisma Kapoor's two children in the Delhi High Court.

In her application, Priya asserted that she was the legally wedded wife and a direct legal heir of the deceased industrialist. The application stated that the request was bona fide and directly connected to the determination of succession and inheritance issues.

Emphasising that no prejudice would be caused to Karisma Kapoor, the application maintains that disclosure of the records was necessary in the interest of justice.